Betekenis van:
drown

to drown
Werkwoord
  • door drinken van alcohol doen verdwijnen
  • get rid of as if by submerging
"She drowned her trouble in alcohol"

Hyperoniemen

to drown
Werkwoord
  • in sterkedrank verteren
  • kill by submerging in water
"He drowned the kittens"

Hyperoniemen

to drown
Werkwoord
  • in het water doen omkomen
  • kill by submerging in water
"He drowned the kittens"

Hyperoniemen

to drown
Werkwoord
  • in het water omkomen
  • die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating
"The child drowned in the lake"

Hyperoniemen

to drown
Werkwoord
  • afdrinken
  • get rid of as if by submerging
"She drowned her trouble in alcohol"

Hyperoniemen

to drown
Werkwoord
  • stikken, verdrinken, verzuipen
  • cover completely or make imperceptible
"I was drowned in work"
"The noise drowned out her speech"

Synoniemen

Hyperoniemen

to drown
Werkwoord
  • afdrinken
  • kill by submerging in water
"He drowned the kittens"

Hyperoniemen

to drown
Werkwoord
    • be covered with or submerged in a liquid

    Synoniemen

    Hyperoniemen


    Voorbeeldzinnen

    1. Did Tom drown?
    2. Where did you drown them?
    3. I might as well drown as starve.
    4. Let the rain drown out your sorrow.
    5. A sailor saw his friend drown from exhaustion.
    6. You won't drown if you learn how to swim.
    7. We drown in information but thirst for knowledge.
    8. Someone needs to save him, or he'll drown.
    9. Some go to a bar to have a good time and others to drown their sorrows.
    10. The child knows how to swim, so she won't drown in the water.
    11. "It's shameful! We should drown them like bitches, with a stone around their neck."
    12. I have to wear earplugs to drown out all the noise from the construction site next door.
    13. Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.